Cranberry Salad

Submitted by: Gram (Horn)

Attributed to:  Grandma Long

Category: Salads

Description: A family tradition for cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving.

Prep time: 45 minutes

Total time: 50 minutes+overnight to set

Servings: 8

Difficulty rating: 3                   

Ingredients:

1 Medium orange peel

3 - 4  Medium oranges, peeled

1 Medium Granny Smith apple, with peel, cored 

2 - 3  Medium Honeycrisp apples, with peel, cored

1 (12 ounce) Package cranberries, raw

1 (20 ounce) Can crushed pineapple

1 1/2 Cups sugar (or sweeten to taste)

2 Cups boiling water

2 (3 ounce) Packages Jello (strawberry or raspberry)

Special tools/utensils needed: Food Processor, apple corer, 11x9 deep baking pan

Directions:

Using food processor :

1. Grind the peel from one orange very fine to consistency of coarse salt

2. Pulse the orange to cut into pieces.  Be careful not to overprocess or you will have juice

3. Finely chop the apples 

4. Finely chop the cranberries

5. Put the orange peel, oranges, apples, cranberries, crushed pineapple, and sugar in a 11 x 9-inch pan. Stir to mix well

6. Use boiling water to dissolve jello and then add to the pan. Stir to mix

7. Refrigerate overnight to allow to set.